Hammock for douche and similar baths.



G. L. H. BTI RGER. HAMMOGK FOR DOUGHE AND SIMILAR BATES.

APPLIGATION FILED NOV. 3, 1908.

Patented Nov. 8, 1910.

W m n ssis UNITED s'ra'rns eonrnrnn L. HAGEN- BT'TRGER,

PATENT anon.

OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

HAMMOCK FOR DOUCHE AND SIMILAR IBATHS.

Specification of Lettcrs'IEatent.

Patented Nov. a, 1910.

Application filed November 3, 1908. Serial No. 461,240.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it knownthat I, GODFRIED L. IIAGEN l-li'fiizonn, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Hammock for- Douche and Similar Baths, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to hammocks for douche and similar baths. r I The object of the invention is to provide means for so positioning and supporting the body, legs and head of a person that the body should be inclined with the head lowermost in order to enable the bath to be more readily and effectively taken.

' lVith the above object in view the invention consists in the hammock hereinafter described and particularly definedv in the claims. d

In the accompanying drawing Figure l is a perspective View of 'a bath tub showing the hammock supported therein and a per-' son supported on the hammock. Fig. 2 is a'sin'ular view of "the tub and hammock. Fig. 3 is a plan view of thehammock. Fig. 4C is a side elevation of the same, and Fig. 5 is a sectional end elevation of the tub and hammocln As shown in the drawings the hammock I comprises two end bands or straps A and B made of webbing, or any other suitable flexible material and made water-proof if desired. These straps may be constructed to be lengthened or shortened by any well known means and are provided at each end with a hook D. These hooks are adapted to engage the upper edge E of the bath tub F or any other su table'support and each consists of a metal plate bent at one end to form a hook and provided at its other end with a plurality of parallel slots G through which the end bandsare adapted to pass. The bands may be threaded in and out through the slots or secured to the hooks in any preferred manner, and by selecting the proper slots the relative heights of the bands A and B may be varied. The hooks of each pair arepreferably of the same length and the end or crossing straps are so positioned that one shall be higher than the other so that when a persons body is in a recumbent osition on the hammock the head will be owermost and the legs up'permost.

The end bands A and B are connected by a series of longitudinally extending straps or bands C which are made of the same material as the bands A and B and arranged to be lengthened or shortened in any well known manner to retain the end bands the desired distance apart. The end band A, that is, the higher band, is provided with a pair of cap pieces H attached thereto and thebacks of theheels of the occupant of the hammock, andthe end band B, that is, the lower band, is provided with ahood or cap pant.

From the description above set forth it will beobserve'd that the hammock may be adjusted laterally and longitudinally to suit various requirements and adaptfithe hammock for use in various locations. The body of the person is so inclined that the baths'may be readily taken and the greatest benefit derived therefrom. It will also be combination with end supporting straps, of a plurality of straps connected at their ends to the end supporting straps and forming a hammock structure, said hammock structure being of a length to extend from the shoulders to'the buttocks of the person to be supported, the end supporting straps being of cumbent positionwith the head lowermost. 2. A hammock of the class described com prising opposite end supportingstraps for a erson in a recumbent position, sa1d straps i eing arranged to be supported at difierent suitably spaced apart to serve as rests for 1. In a device of the class described, the

piece J suitable to receive and serve as ,a rest for the back of the head of the occuobserved from the above description that In the drawing accompanying this applisuch a length as to support a person in a re-v 10 on the lower of s heights relative to one another, and means on the higher of said end straps comprising a rest for the heels of the person occupying the hammock.

3. A hammock. of the class described comprising opposite end supper-thug straps for a person in a recmnbei'it position, said straps being arranged to be s' 1pportcd at different heights relative to one another. and means Lips comprising a rest for the head of the person occupying the hammock. I

In Witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

GODFRIED L. HAGEN BIdRGER.

\Vitnesses ALBERT W. BROWN, MARION E. BROWN. 

